Restored Anson Mk 1

[Angus Prune]

First flight of a restored Anson Mk 1 in New Zealand.

http://www.3news.co.nz/Takeoff-for-vint ... fault.aspx

[GHD]

Thanks for the link Angus.

The Annie was the aircraft in which I took my first ever flight.

[TSR2]

Thats a fantastic story, she looks incredibly authentic. Maybe DG could be tempted to update his Anson?

[FlyTexas]

Great story and video. An Anson T.21 (native FSX of course) would be the bee's knees.

Brian

[DaveB]

Enjoyed that Looked like the old girl lifted off flapless too. Too much drag I guess

Excellent.. thanks for posting
ATB
DaveB

[Garry Russell]

Oh lovely

I always like the early ones with the sloping (leaky) windscreen

I think no flaps is normal Dave on many contemporary type, in the case of the Bristol 170 is was normal not to use flap and land on one stage unless it was a bit short then one for T/O and two for landing...a lot of natural low speed stable lift .

Don't blame them for modifying the undercarriage, the handle was the thing many remember about the type

[DaveB]

Yes.. when I saw it going up, I thought.. either someone is cranking like a good'un or it's had the gear modded I've just looked at the Anson Mk1 PN's and yes, flaps are up for takeoff I guess you don't need them with these sort of figures..

Flying at low airspeeds: Flaps may be lowered 20deg and speed reduced to 85mph IAS/74kts when flying in bad visibility.
Stalling: The stalling speeds at light load are.. flaps+gear up.. 57mph IAS/50kts, flaps+gear down.. 48mph IAS/41kts.


ATB
DaveB

[TSR2]

At those speeds Dave you could put one of your electric motors and a battery pack in it and be off to the common Dave

[Scorpius]

I just wonder what it sounded like?

Can't tell because of the bl**dy music.

Nev

[Tomliner]

Totally agree about the music Nev,but that problem frequently spoils video etc by drowning out the original audio.Nevertheless it is a magnificent achievement.If I recall correctly the Anson used Armstrong Siddeley Cheetah engines.Does anyone know if they managed to use these? EricT